Playing with Food
I realize that I’ve been starting every post lately with “sorry I haven’t posted in a while” but it has been nuts with everything going on at work. I am going to work hard to make sure that I update...
View ArticleOpening Night
This week was my birthday! What a great week for humanity. For every birthday either I take my girlfriend for dinner or she takes me for dinner, just depends who’s birthday it is. Since it was my...
View ArticleJak’s Kitchen
There are only 10 days until Christmas morning! I hope everyone is getting their shopping done and decorating their Christmas tree! This time of years is the time for non-stop holiday music in the...
View ArticleArt-Is-In Bakery
It’s that time of year again when everyone is baking up a storm. There is nothing better then the smell of baking cookies or even better baking bread. While I haven’t done my Christmas baking yet, I...
View ArticleBurgers and Fries…
As much as I love healthy, local, organic food and going to restaurants that serve high-end food I also love fast food. I love all fast food but there is nothing better than an awesome burger. When...
View ArticleYummy Yummy Soup!
The first weekend in March one of my favourite events takes place, Great Bowls of Fire. Great Bowls of Fire is an event put on by the Ottawa Guild of Potters in support of the Ottawa Food Bank. Each...
View ArticleSpicy Lentils with Sweet Potatoes and Kale
Last night we continued our healthy eating with a vegetarian meal, Spicy Lentils with Sweet Potatoes and Kale. I love meat! I could never become a fulltime vegetarian or vegan but every once in a while...
View ArticleThe Atomic Rooster
Do you remember playing floor hockey in school as a kid? I never played organized ice hockey but I always loved playing floor hockey in school. It was awesome getting on a good team and winning a...
View ArticleUnion 613
I was originally going to post this right after my first visit to Union 613. Then I found out that I was going again a week latter for a friend’s birthday party, so I thought I would wait until then to...
View ArticleRelish Gourmet Food Truck
One of my favourite TV shows on Food Network is the Great Food Truck Race. This season, teams of wannabe food truck owners raced across the US in the hopes of winning their very own food truck and...
View ArticleMobile Seafood
Last year Ottawa was bitten by the food truck craze. City Hall finally released a limited number of permits for some new food trucks. Having worked in the east end of Ottawa for the last couple of...
View ArticleSweet Maple Syrup!
This weekend was what seemed like the first real weekend of spring. We finally got some nice weather, meaning there was some sun, it was above freezing and there wasn’t a snow storm. Since the weather...
View ArticlePig cheeks at Navarra
This weekend Ottawa’s own, Chef Rene Rodriguez won the latest edition of Top Chef Canada. Chef Rodriguez runs Navarra on Murray St. here in Ottawa. Sarah and I ate at Navarra in 2010 and it was great....
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